by Rhonda Scharf | May 23, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Tips
The average person receives more than 100 business emails per day (financesonline.com), and that doesn’t include spam! How much of your day is spent chasing people who don’t respond to your email in the first place? Do you regularly complain that people just don’t...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 15, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Tips
We are launching our new website right now, and as you can imagine, the transition from old to new is long, complicated, and filled with “what ifs.” It would be easy to delay the launch until the site was perfect. You and I both know that it will never be “perfect.”...
by Rhonda Scharf | Mar 12, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions
No one likes a creep, and scope creep is the same thing. We don’t like it! According to PMI’s The Pulse of the Profession 2018, 52% of all projects face scope creep in one way or another. We hear about it and understand how normal it is, but we want...
by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 6, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
You just heard the news, and you’ve got a new boss on the way. Your heart drops, your anxiety jumps, and your brain starts whirring with thoughts. Although you’ve worked with your last executive for five years, it feels like you finally just figured out...
by Rhonda Scharf | Aug 8, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions
I like organization. My closet is color-coded, my underwear is sorted and folded, and my socks are paired and put into a sock drawer. I use folders in Outlook, have a pen caddy, and clean my desk at night. I wouldn’t describe myself as obsessive...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jul 25, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions
If there is anything the past two and half years have taught us, we need to be adaptable. We need to adapt, or we will quickly be unable to function professionally or personally. Look at how much has changed with how we travel, work, socialize, and even buy...
